Thumb Picks

Roger Francis · Post by **Roger Francis** » 3 Jan 2015 7:41 am

Blue herco/bugga-blue

Steve Geis · Post by **Steve Geis** » 9 Jan 2015 5:08 pm

Tommy Dodd sells a thumb pick that is part metal with a plastic coating over the thumb and the flange part that attacks the string is Kevlar (bullet proof vest material). Got this pick about 3 years ago and it is still like brand new! NO WEAR OR TEAR! EVER ! Most comfortable thumb pick EVER !

John Booth · Post by **John Booth** » 9 Jan 2015 5:39 pm

Steve Geis wrote:Tommy Dodd sells a thumb pick that is part metal with a plastic coating over the thumb and the flange part that attacks the string is Kevlar (bullet proof vest material). Got this pick about 3 years ago and it is still like brand new! NO WEAR OR TEAR! EVER ! Most comfortable thumb pick EVER !

How do we see/get one?
JB

Tony Palmer · Post by **Tony Palmer** » 12 Jan 2015 7:48 pm

Can someone post a link to buy thumb picks online?
Like, ANY type/ style! I can't find a single source anywhere online.
I've sent emails that don't get answered, get no answer by tel, and links to stores out if business!

Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 12 Jan 2015 8:10 pm

http://elderly.com/accessories/cats/PKTB.html

Bob Knight · Post by **Bob Knight** » 13 Jan 2015 3:30 am

http://www.jpstrings.com/brpicks.htm#VTpicks

Alan Berdoulay · Post by **Alan Berdoulay** » 13 Jan 2015 4:38 am

http://www.jdmc.com/category/propik-thumbpick.html

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 14 Jan 2015 5:23 pm

For eleven years now, I've been using a National thumbpick. I got it right after I first got my GFI steel. I still use that thumbpick now and it still works great! It's a white color and I think I got it at the former Gibson shop at Opry Mills Mall

Richard McVicker · Post by **Richard McVicker** » 12 Feb 2015 7:40 am

Tony

As a inventor of thumb picks I hear this problem all the time. It may not be that your thumb is too small. If that is the problem My SADDLE pick on the market today will solve that problem. However about 10% of thumbs won't hold a thumb pick because the taper on the thumb sides is greater than 7Deg. I call this a "A" shaped thumb . Hold you thumb up beside some other guy to see the difference. If this is your problem I have a 'First generation " thumb pick that solves that problem. The problem with it is that you will have to measure your thumb. I would love to help you.
Contact me at info@saddlethumbpicks.com

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Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 13 Feb 2015 6:11 am

I use the Red Delrin Thumbpicks, I think by Dunlop. I bought 4 that I play in rotation. After a couple years of steady play I'm not anywhere near wearing them out.

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 13 Feb 2015 6:27 am

Tony Glassman wrote:Thumb picks have been a "thorn in my side" for the last 30 years or so.

My thumbs are fairly small in girth, and it's hard to find one that stays put (doesn't rotate on my thumb when striking strings). The worst for me are the ones I like the most - Blue Hercos. The best fitting are the National Mediums, Golden Gates or Zookies, none of which I especially like tonally......but "needs,must"

Anyone else with this problem?

I have the same problem. I finally tried the Kelly speed pick in white (heavier duty than the Orange).
Made of Delrin and do not break. Available at Elderly Instruments. Won't break the bank either.

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 13 Feb 2015 7:56 am

There's sort of like families - the regular Dunlop (Planet Waves are Dunlops), the Golder Gate regular Heavies, whether white pearly or "Clown Barf", Nationals are the normal ones. Golden Gate makes an X-tra Heavy that's really thick with a wide band (that can catch on steel guitar strings, in my experience - you can sand it off).

Then the Fred Kelly, bug-a-boos, Pearse ones are much narrower and work by cramming them way up your thumb, past the cuticle. Then the ProPiks, Perfect Touch and Blue Chip ones either have a metal band attached to a delrin (or top-secret Blue Chip plastic); or just a metal tip. The Dunlop metal ones have tips that are folded over. Herco/Dunlop makes a flatpick-shaped one with a plastic band, only the extra-heavy ones stay on, in my experience.

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 13 Feb 2015 8:14 am

Played National for years, but this last year started using Blue Hercoâ€™s and the Red Dunlopâ€™s with the same shape as the Hercoâ€™s...like them both!!

Jerry Berger · Post by **Jerry Berger** » 13 Feb 2015 10:09 am

I like the Herco/Bugga-Blues thumb picks. They are very comfortable.

Rex Thomas · Post by **Rex Thomas** » 13 Feb 2015 11:34 am

Another vote for the orange Fred Kelly speed pick.
http://fredkellypicks.com

Les Cargill · Post by **Les Cargill** » 13 Feb 2015 6:31 pm

Just on a whim, I bought a set of four nickel silver 0.18 Jim Dunlop picks at teh Guitar Center. Came with a metal thumbpick. I sure like this thumpbick, and the fingerpicks are already bent to fit.

joe wright · Post by **joe wright** » 24 Feb 2015 3:29 pm

I cut down an ernie ball...joe

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 26 Feb 2015 8:46 pm

if i found myself playing in places where a bullet-proof thumbpick turned out to be good thing i think i'd get me a dayjob

Gary Cooper · Post by **Gary Cooper** » 27 Feb 2015 2:12 am

Blue Hercos

Gordon Hartin · Post by **Gordon Hartin** » 27 Feb 2015 7:03 am

http://fredkellypicks.com/product/delrin-regular/

I like these, they are stiffer than the blue herco picks, but not bulky like golden gates

Dustin Rhodes · Post by **Dustin Rhodes** » 27 Feb 2015 8:00 am

Rex Thomas wrote:Another vote for the orange Fred Kelly speed pick.
http://fredkellypicks.com

Same. The only ones that feel right on 6 string as well.

J R Rose · Post by **J R Rose** » 28 Feb 2015 8:31 am

Does someone know where I can buy the Fred Kelly thumb pick without having to buy a pack of 24? thanks, J.R.

Rick Barnhart · Post by **Rick Barnhart** » 28 Feb 2015 8:36 am

J.R. pm me your address and I'll send you a couple of Fred Kelley speed picks.

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 28 Feb 2015 8:44 pm

Zookiesâ€¦ If you've never tried them you should. They're different. The blade is angled for better tone and comfort. Don

Billy Mostyn · Post by **Billy Mostyn** » 28 Feb 2015 11:39 pm

Zookies are made by Dunlop. I have average/small? size hands and I found that quite often in the past I had to buy L size thumbpicks (other brands) to get a comfortable fit. Would this be the same with Zookies? What angle do most use? I'm an old lead guitarist and I was thinking maybe 20 degree.